The fact is that a lot of people have always been racist assholes, but now they feel they can say it in public without repercussion.

I’m sure there are lots of countries that, in a civil war, would join with California

I bet Russia would jump on the opportunity

“you sweet, summer child”

This all feels like the government is testing US cities. First LA, next Washington, to see how people react, to check how obedient the cops are to the regime, and to know which cities will be easy to control.

Most people won’t realize it until masked men put them in an unmarked van.

Serious question: what would be the last straw for you, that would make you go “that’s enough”, organize and fight back?

The scariest thing is not the pressure the White House put on the museum, it’s the fact that they caved in.

I’m way more scared about all the people in public institutions bending the knee to the bully than the bully himself. The us population need examples of resistance to rise up as a people, and so far there are almost none.

The [AI] safety stuff is more visceral to me after a weekend of vibe hacking,” Lemkin said. I explicitly told it eleven times in ALL CAPS not to do this. I am a little worried about safety now.

This sounds like something straight out of The Onion.

There’s no such thing as American gastronomy.

Those are two different problems.

Years and years of politicians moving the goalposts further right, letting the rich get richer, allowing more money into politics and disenfranching voters is not something you reverse in a single election, and it won’t change until ordinary people get into politics more and at every level.

But if you vote for Trump or abstain from voting, you’re encouraging it.

Sometimes, the simplest explanation is the truth. Things like this happen.

Why do you think an assassination is more probable than an accidental death for someone with a medical history? Is this based on facts, or is it just because it fits your narrative better? How many attorneys prosecuting Russians are there in the US right now? How many of them died at a young age in the last weeks?

Facts matter.

I don’t think it’s a distraction, Trump’s been talking about tariffs since he took office. And besides it seems clear he doesn’t give two shits about what people say.

Vote. In every election. In the primaries. The city you live in. The school council. And convince everyone you know to vote, too. Protest. Strike. Make people you know angry about what’s happening so they are motivated to stir shit up. You still can change things, but you are right: you can’t do it alone. So find as many people you can who can do it with you. Time is running out.

Yeah but remember, ACAB /s

Interesting read, thanks!

If 3 years ago someone told you that Trump would give Elon Musk the mandate to dismantle the US government and RFK would be secretary of health, you would have called him a lunatic.

The article you cite talks about military spending, not industrial capacity. Russia is running on a war economy, Europe isn’t; this large difference in spending is to be expected. Surely Europe realises it cannot rely on the US for defense anymore, so there’s a possibility they choose to dramatically increase its defense spending. If Ukraine loses the war, a lot of European countries won’t have too much trouble convincing their citizens it needs to be done. The reason Europe has no “concrete solution”, like you said, is because they won’t accept the kind of compromise Putin would want. Now that the US decided not to be an ally anymore, I don’t think they’ll just stay there doing nothing.

Right now I can’t find any reason to exclude this possibility honestly

So what happens if Zelensky sides with Europe on this one? How does the US apply its peace plan if it’s been negotiated solely with Russia? The only way I see this working is the US sending troops to fight along with Russia…

Not a lawyer, but court orders are ultimately enforced by the DOJ. So yeah…